It's official.

LOL has my money so I'm going for sure. This will be the 1st ever organized ride I've ever done EVER! The distance I do (the 30 or the 62 miles) will depend on how I do this weekend. If & ONLY IF I can cover close to 45-50 miles comfortably will I consider the 62.
Yeah, I know, I know.....still no pedals yet & I'm considering that too but oh well, so what...I'm slow anyway. Incidentally, I called Pro Cycling & the story changes ever so slightly everytime. If they don't have the account set up by friday & my pedals on the way by Monday, I'm getting them somewhere else. Sure, I'd like to give this new store my business, etc...but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!

I looked at previous years photos from the LOL & apparently anything goes with cycling attire. I will probably wear my tattered, torn Strider's singlet under a bright green thin, short jacket with the bike shorts. There's no telling what the temp will be at 8am on Oct 4th. (The heat misery of last years Middle 1/2 & Music City 1/2 still creeps into my mind.)
I will bring the purple long sleeve tech shirt with zip pockets, too, & I may just go with that only.

In spin class last night, we got into a discussion about what gets thrown at cyclists on the road. One lady said she had beer thrown on her once. One guy said that his coworker was cut off on Jackson last week by some lady & now has pins in his broken wrist. (I can identify with that from my roller blading break in '03! OUCH!) The instructor said he had been cussed at a lot. For a newbie like me, it just sounds scary! I've got to develop some thick skin & if beer gets thrown at me, I will pull over, pull out my phone, take a photo of the tag or back of the car, & dial 911 immediately because they're obviously drunk drivers.
So, anyway, I'm psyched up! ha!

I'm excited to see "Wicked" is coming back to Atlanta next month!
I just gotta find someone to go!!!!

Tonight at Harvey's:
65 min walk
some pilates/ab work
arm weights

It's only Thursday........

...and I'm excited about my 4 day weekend already! :)
Some friends & I have some things planned.
(Always ready for something different!)
This time it may be the bull riding event at the Sommet center, who knows...
Or we may show up at Chuck's bash & drink all his beer!
(you've been warned, Chuck!)

The bike will be the first thing on my agenda Saturday, then accessories, & coffee with a new friend, possibly. I do plan on a light friday afternoon workout at my regular gym (walking & ab work) & the 1 hr spin class Sat morning before I head out for our adventure. If the rain has dried up some, I hope to get the grass mowed at some point in the weekend. Tuesday, I have an allergist follow up appt scheduled right in the middle of the day. I have a lot of vacation time so I took the day off. No worries, no work, no negativity, only fun! :)

Today:
Did 45 min spin class at 5:30am (good sweat!)
Doing some pilates, weights, & walking this afternoon

Raining....blah!

Off & on all day, RAIN.....it did stop long enough for me to get some sun, though.

I felt fat so I skipped "Carlates" 9:30am class for the 9:00am Spin class.
Saturday's Spin had a totally different instructor & she was wonderful.
When she cranked up AC/DC & Bon Jovi, I knew it would be a good, sweaty class.
1 hr Intermediate Spin (my 1st try at intermediate & I LOVED it!)
My legs were toast. I told Carla that she needs to come with me to Tuesday's class.

I did manage to do about 30 mins of pilates/stretching upstairs in the hallway where I had plenty of room. (I got a new yoga mat a few weeks ago & I finally remembered to use it.)
I did some ab work & hit the pool. 20 mins of aqua jogging was all I could stand. Seriously, my legs were tired. I got into the therapy pool for a while & let the jets massage my left hip that hurt me a lot last Fall. By the time I left I was STARVING.

Weight was 126 lbs on the Rec Ctr scales. So, no change. It would help if I wouldn't eat so much on friday's. My caloric intake at dinner last night was not something to be proud of.....eeekkkk!

Going private has gone smoothly...I have just about everyone's emails that I know look at it. I think I accidentally invited David to be a blog author, though! ha! I did notice that after 2 weeks I supposedly have to "re-invite" everyone again. What's up with that? June, can you explain?

The rain & my tiredness kept me from training camp but tomorrow we have plans to go. It's going to be HOT, but I'm sure it will be fun!